Moore v. People

The defendant Frank Frensley Moore, while an inmate of the Colorado State Penitentiary, was charged with the crime of Unlawful Possession of a Narcotic Drug after a search of his cell revealed two envelopes containing marijuana. The defendant’s motion to suppress evidence was denied, and he was convicted by a jury. He brings this writ of error from the judgment of conviction.

The defendant contends that the trial court committed reversible error (1) by failing to grant his motion to suppress the evidence obtained as the result of an allegedly illegal search of his cell; (2) by denying his…